Improvement in combined cotton amd cohh-plakter



A. R. WIGGSQO'F IUKA, MISSISSIPPI.

Letters Potent No. 97,257,11Zafted November 23, 1869.

IMPRD'VEMENT IN COMBINED CTTON AND CQRN-PLANTER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part Qf the same.

To all whom tt may concern.-

Be it known that I, A. R .WIGGs, of Iuka,'.in the county of Tishemingo, and State of Mississippi, have invented certain Improvements iii-Cotton and Corn-Planters, of which the following isa specifica tion.

- The Nature and Ol'ycct of the Invention.

My invention relates to vthe construction of cotton and corn-planters, in such a manner, that by a cornbination and arrangementnnf the parts, the grouiid is opened and harrowed, andy the seed is deposited and covered by one operation.

Description of the Accompanying fratcfings.

Figure l is a longitudinal section, showing the internal construction of tbe invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal View of one side of the machine.-

Figure 3 is afperspective view of a wooden block, which is inserted into the bottom of the hopper when used as a corn-planter.

Figure 4 is a sectional view ofthe bottom of the hopper, .when the block is inserted.

in the beam of the frame A.

0 is a plow-point.

D is a hopper, having a longitudinal opening in its v bottom.` Itis fastened, through Vits front, to the end of the beam'of the frame 'A, and through its sides to the handles y, the handles y being supported and secured by the braces z.

d is'a cylindrical Wooden shaft, which works in bearings e, fastened to the wings of the harrow-fralneA.

j' are iron rods or teeth, running throughthe shaft (l at right angles, and near its ends. 'lhey extend to the ground, and are arranged lin'suoh `a manner that when in motion, the teeth at one end of the shaft act alternately with those at the other.

m are teeth, inserted in the shaft e1, centrally between its bearings, having their ends` pointed and curved. y

' n are ribs, screwed to the inside of the hopper at its sides.

o are ribs, screwed to the inside of the hopper at its ends. l p is a Wooden block, having an o peningin it, the block-11 being made to fit the Vinside of the hopper, near the bottom.

'q isashort wooden shaft, whose journals work in `the ribs n.

fr are teeth of iron or steel, inserted into the shaft q. v

t is a small opening in the surface of the shaft a is a roller, its longitudinal surface being concave.

The roller Works in the slotted bearings e, formed 'by the barrow-teeth and the braces ze.

H is a block of wood, having a hole, x, through it.

The hole is nearly funnel-shaped.

By unscrewing the ribs o and n, and removing the shaft q, the block p, and the teeth m of the shaft d, (see fig. 1,) and inserting the block H, (iig. 3,) Iwe have 'the hopper'D and shaft ll, as shown irr ig. 4.

Operation.

When the planter is operated, the ground is opened by the shovel-plow point C, and is kept open the heel B, andharrowed, at the same time, by the teeth of the barrow.

The friction produced by the iron rods or teeth j touching the ground, communicates 'motion to Athe shaft d.

The shaft d communicates d striking or rubbing the teeth ir of the shaft g.

'The mot-ion or revolutions of the shaftq agitate the cotton-seed, and force it toward. the bottom of the hopper, Where it is caught by the teeth m," of the shaft d, drawn through theopening in the bottom Vof the hopper, and deposited in the furrow intervals. The roller u then passes-over.

The Weight of the roller compressing the ground, causes the furrow to be filled up, thereby covering the seed. y

The roller being concave, leaves aridge, where it passes.

The roller works in slotted bearings A1.-, and can he used on rough or uneven ground.

By nuscrewing the ribs o and n on the inside of the hopper, and removing the shaft q and the block p, and inserting the block I l.' in lieu thereof,.also reV moving the teeth m from theI shaft d, you have the -pea or corn-planter.

"Its-operation is as follows:

The corn or peas pass through the funnel-shaped holevx, in the block H, into the opening t in -the surface of the shaft el. y

The opening tis inverted or turned down by the motion of the shaft d, and the corn or peas are dropped from the opening t into the furrow, and covered by the roller in the same manner as the cotton-seed.

C Iwims. I cla-ini, as my inventionmotion to the lshaft q, by the friction produced by the teeth m Vof the shaft at regular Y v 1. n combination 'with the barrow-frame A, the heel B, plow-point O, hopper D, toothed shaft q, sha-ft d, (provided with teeth m and f, and opening t,) and concave roller u, constructed and arranged to operate 4 as herein described.

2. The hopper D, when provided with the block H, iu combination with the shaft d, having teeth f and opening t, concave roller u, heel B, and plowpoint C, constructed and arranged to operate, in eon- 

